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People, land and time : an historical introduction to the relations between landscape, culture and environment

By: Publication details: Loondon Hodder Education 1998Description: xvii,286pISBN:
  • 9780340677148
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DDC classification:
  • 307.7609 ATK
Contents:
CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction xiii PART I THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL WORLD I Hunters and Gatherers 3 The Origins and Spread of Agriculture 13 Early Urbanization and the Hydraulic Environment 27 Resources, Population and Sustainability 40 Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of Civilizations 53 Sustainable Resource Management in Pre-industrial Societies 63 Large-scale Landscape Modification: Pays and Pre-industrial Planning 77 Clearing the Wood 93 The Control of Water 104 Landscapes on the Margin: Deserts, Hillslopes, Heath, Moor and Grassland 119 PART 2 THE TRANSITION TO MODERNITY 131 Feudal Landscapes 133 Urbanization and Proto-industrialization 148 PART 3 THE MODERN ERA 161 The Impact of Agriculture 165 Landscapes of Energy Acquisition: the Getting of Power 176 Industrial landscapes 184 Modern Urban Landscapes: Modern Cities and City Life 197 Postmodern Landscapes 212 Metaphors and Meanings in Modern Landscapes: Reading the Landscape 219 Landscapes of power and pleasure 231 'Other' Landscapes 239 PART 4 THE GLOBAL ERA 2S3 Globalized landscapes 255 Conservation 267 Conclusion: the Past, Present and Future of the Study of People, Land and Time 274 Index 280
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xiii
PART I THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL WORLD I
Hunters and Gatherers 3
The Origins and Spread of Agriculture 13
Early Urbanization and the Hydraulic Environment 27
Resources, Population and Sustainability 40
Environmental Degradation and the Collapse of Civilizations 53
Sustainable Resource Management in Pre-industrial Societies 63
Large-scale Landscape Modification: Pays and Pre-industrial Planning 77
Clearing the Wood 93
The Control of Water 104
Landscapes on the Margin: Deserts, Hillslopes, Heath, Moor and Grassland 119
PART 2 THE TRANSITION TO MODERNITY 131
Feudal Landscapes 133
Urbanization and Proto-industrialization 148
PART 3 THE MODERN ERA 161
The Impact of Agriculture 165
Landscapes of Energy Acquisition: the Getting of Power 176
Industrial landscapes 184
Modern Urban Landscapes: Modern Cities and City Life 197
Postmodern Landscapes 212
Metaphors and Meanings in Modern Landscapes: Reading the Landscape 219
Landscapes of power and pleasure 231
'Other' Landscapes 239
PART 4 THE GLOBAL ERA 2S3
Globalized landscapes 255
Conservation 267
Conclusion: the Past, Present and Future of the Study of People, Land and Time 274
Index 280

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